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And notice what it goes on to say. This is beautiful. It’s wonderful. “And a stranger will they not
follow, but will flee from him,” they’ll run from him, “for they know not the voice of strangers.”
In verse 7, Jesus said to them, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that
ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by
me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.” He’s talking
about being satisfied in your life, about being well fed and receiving care. “The thief cometh not,
but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they
might have it more abundantly.” Do you think that doesn’t include healing? We know it does
from Ezekiel 34. “I am the Good Shepherd.” Yes He is. “The Good Shepherd gives his life for
the sheep.” And He did.
I want you to notice how 1 Peter 2:24, which says, “By Whose stripes you were healed,” flows
into the next verse when he talks about our Shepherd. Verse 25 says, “For ye were as sheep
going astray,” that’s past tense,
were
,
used to be
, “but are now returned unto the Shepherd and
Bishop of your souls.”
A really good shepherd is one who would take the beating for you so you wouldn’t have to take
it. And He did. A good shepherd wants you healed and is willing to pay whatever it takes to get it
that way, and He did. Hallelujah. Glory to God.
Say this out loud a few times:
He is my Shepherd, and by His stripes I am healed.
He is my Shepherd, and by His stripes I am healed.
He is my Shepherd, and by His stripes I am healed.
Glory to God. That’s why we know it is His will for all of the sheep to be healed, now.
One might say, “Well, I don’t feel it.” That’s got little to do with it.
Where do we find the will of God? This is it, and if you’ll believe it and stay with it, what you
feel will change. What you see will change.
We don’t look at the things that are seen but at the things that are not seen, for the things that are
seen are temporary. Everything you see is temporary, subject to change. Most everything you see
used to be different. If it changed from that to this, it can change from this to something else.
Everything you see and feel is changing and can be changed, but the things that are not seen are
eternal. They don’t change.
Back in John 10:10, He said, “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I
am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” Who has
come? The very next phrase says the Good Shepherd came. Why? So you could have the
abundant, overflowing, surplus life, the “too much” kind of life. The Lord is my Shepherd, I
shall not want. That’s abundant life: you’re not lacking, you’re not wanting, and you’re not in
need. This is wonderful. “I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the
sheep. But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the